The mission of the playwright ... is to look in his heart and write, to write whatever concerns him at the moment; to write with passion and conviction. Of course the measure of the man will be the measure of the play.

That Jesus of Nazareth died upon a cross is mere matter of history; that He who did so die was the Christ the Son of God is entirely a matter of revelation.

A lot of young writers wait for inspiration. The inspiration only hits you at the desk.

I think an appeal to arms and to brute force is unbecoming the age in which we live. Would to God that the time had come when there should be no war, and that religion and peace should reign throughout the world.

All you're supposed to do is every once in a while give the boys a little tea and sympathy.

I shall await the first shot, and if you do not batter us to pieces, we shall be starved out in a few days.

The Cross was the manifestation of Divine love without reserve or limit; but it was also the expression of man's unutterable malignity.